Are Primary School 2nd Grade Students Ready for Division?

Abstract

In this study, levels of readiness the second grade students in primary school before learning the division process were examined with a problem requiring division process. Preliminary learning required for division can be listed as rhythmic counting (forward-backward), consecutive subtraction, multiplication, division and grouping skills. The research was handled screening model and document analysis technique was used. The study group consisted of all the second grade students (n = 120) studying in a primary school in Aşkale district of Erzurum. Descriptive analysis was performed on the data. According to the findings; in solving the problem requiring division, students were found to reach the correct answer by using strategies such as consecutive subtraction by 5 (sequential subtraction), forward rhythmic counting by 5, forming identical groups, finding the number of groups, and using models. As a result of the fact that the students do not use the multiplication strategy of finding the multiplier that is not given. However, they mostly use rhythmic counting, grouping and model using strategies, which shows that the children gain their counting skills but do not establish the relationship between multiplication and multiplication process.

Keywords: Division Process, Student Made Strategies, Prior Knowledge.

Special Issue of Educational Sciences

DOI: 10.7176/JSTR/6-06-04